Brake



April 24, 1945.

R. A. GOEPFRICH BRAKE Original Filed March 22, 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR P000ZP/fi4 6019995709 ATTORNEY April 24, 1945. o p c 2,374,536

BRAKE Original Filed March 22, 1941 I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 I ii IN VEN TOR ATTO EY April R. A. GOEPFRICH I 2,374,536

BRAKE Original Filed March 22. 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR f g/001 4. bz'Pf/P/f/y A HORNE Y atheretor inlelevation;

Patented Apr. 24, 1945 ZBRAKE V RudolphA. Goepfrich, SouthaBeudgIndaassignor .totBendix Aviation Cor find-ha corporation :of D

nomtism; 509th :Bend, elaware Substituted for abandonedyapplicationqserial-No.

384,634; Marchf22, "1941.

*T-h'is application-No- "Ii-hisapplication relates to brakes and-more particularly to "those; portions of brakes which are associated with "the wheels of athe "vehicle :to be 'bra-ked. i i

' g This application is a substitute-for applicantfs "abandoned applicatiom Serial 0. 384-;634, "filed March 22, 1941.

*It-is applicants object-to provide apa-rking -or auxiliary '--br-ake operating mechanismwhich i can be satisfactorily combined-with a service brake operating mechanismanda brake having a pair of individually shif-table shoes. It has been discovered that a brake having an advantageous combinationofbrakingeffectiveness-andsmoothness in operation can be *formedby usinghrake "shoes Which-are freeto anchor-at either-end according to the direction of-Totation of the brake drum. Twoom'bine w-ith--a-main-;or service brake operating mechanism having shiftable shoes an auxiliary or parking brakeWhich-separatelyvapmpl-ies the shoe while allowing them to anchor at either end is the chief purpose of applicants 1 invention.

@ther desirable objects and features be apparent: during the tollo wing descriptionflin the conrse of which reference-will be hadto the-ac- J companying drawings; in "which:

E gure 1 v is- :a section "taken through i a "brake -drum on a plane just inside the head of the drum.

apply-ing means...

showing the brake shoes and Figure 2 is a section taken onthe line 1- -2 of Figure 1; i

Figure 3 is a view showing a modification of the:;brake of "Figure l;

Figure L is a-section taken on the Knew- 40f Figure 3; I

Figure -is--a view showing amodification of the hrakes' of Eigures1 and-3; and V F Figure '6 shows in perspective certain exploded 1 parts-of the brakeof iFigure-Bu 'Referring to"' Fig-ures =1 and2pthe -brake show thereinis ofthetype having a pair of shoes which are -individually shiftableto anchor-at one end or the-other according to the direction of rotation-0f 1 thebrake drum at the time the shoes fine *moved thereagainst. l be -brake shown -compr-ises a -ro- --tatahle brake drum lfl, anon=rotatable support i member or hacking plate 1 I, -a-pair -of *hydraulic slave cylinders -'li2- and lZwmoun-ted 'omthebacking plate, a pair of brake shoes I3and13wmounted 1 between the hydraulic cylinders, springs I 4 and *1 4a "for e normally holding the brake ;s hoes inreleasedposition, and 'means apart from the hydraulic cylinders am of a mechanical-nature for applying the shoes to the drum independently eithehydraulic cylinders. It -willbe understood xmallmter new if silo; tim ,torreceive th sho web) Z pin 3 or other uita-blemeansxt thatpistons in the hydraulic cylinders aneiad apted tourgethe shoesoutwardly to impede therotation of the The; wrapping action exerted :by the drum on the shoes causes :the =shoes, which are dreelyhloating; to each anchor. onone-of the cylinders do-pending .onthe .directioniof notationofithe 01mm. When the drumsismotating in-.a. formard .diwection, as indicatedn bylthe .ar now, shoe. I13 .anaehorsi-on ahydraulic @cyli-nder .1'2 .and .shoe .l,3 a sanchorsa through aniadjusting member ;I 5 '.on. cyl- .;:inder:d 2a. *Whenthe driumjs. rotatingjna mar- ;mamcdimectionfi shoe l3 anchors thrqu he an adiustingaenember; 1.5.0 .on cylinder .lfiaandshoej L3a canehorson shoe l2.

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sii ahleme n tatt f'Ih r liz pnta ts t a 1 .:1eY r"Z2.j- ".Pl lling or means ,24 by. theoper- -brake shoes. iltwill'loe notedthat only one of 1 *theshoes will be forced -'by the wrapping action of the dmmegai-nst its" anchor. Inforward rotationsthe aetion'ofthe shoe-13a will be s'elflener gator oi the vehiclejthroygh suitable mechanical Qnn ct nsJ-C use th a1'm 26 igure llto wiu in a cognter-clqckwjse"direction turning the shaft and consequently swingin the roller-carrying "armfl'ilin axcounter-clockwise "direction. "The --roller -pushes a gain'st the lever-22-moving it in a clockwise*directionaboptits pivovfi 'tospread the gizing; i.-e,,-the applying iorce will be-builtnp lay the wrapping effect of the drum. In rearward rotation, shoe [3 will be self-energizing;

The brake assembly of Figures 3 and 4 has both service and auxiliary brake operating mechanisms in which both shoes are self-energizing during either direction of drum rotation. The service brake applying means of Figure 3 is verysimilar to that of Figure 1 except that, in Figure 3, each hydraulic cylinder has an adjusting member associated with it.

. :of Figure 3. Figure 3 shows means I5 and [55a for adjusting the position of the shoes relative to their anchors (i. e. the hydraulic cylinders) whenever wear of the shoe lining makes such adjustment necessary. But Figure 3 does not have any means inside the brake drum for adjusting the axes of the hydraulic cylinders l2 and I20, and

they (the struts) are contacted adjacent the ends of the shoe I3 by a pair of levers 22 and 22a. The levers are substantially identical in form and are respectively pivoted at 23 and 23a on the web of the shoe 13. A shaft 25 has an arm 2.6 connected to a cable .24 at a point on the other side of the backing plate from the brake shoes. The shaft 25 extends through the backing plate and is journalled in a bearing member 3|, the said bearing member being secured to the backing plate. It

will be noted that the bearingmember 3| is not opposite the center of shoe l3 but is in a position a little to one side of center. Inside the backing plate and adjacent the shoe [3, an arm 28 extends from the shaft 25. The arm 28 has a shaft 25a extending therefrom, the. shaft having an axis parallel to, but laterally spaced from, the axis of the shaft 25. Arranged to swing freely about the shaft 25a is an equalizer 28a. The equalizer is forked on both sides of theshaft 25a to carry a pair of rollers 29 and 29a. v

The-operation of this improved auxiliary or parking brake operating mechanism of Figure 3 is as-follows: (Incidentally, it will be appreciated that the auxiliary brake operatin mechamm might be used as a service brake operating mechanism,-if desired.) Actuation of the cable 24 causes the arm 26 to swing in a counterclockwise direction, turning the shaft 25; Turning'ofthe shaft 25 causes the arm 28 to swing about 25in a. counter-clockwisedirection :(Figure 3), with -theresult that the shaft 25a is moved upwardly, as indicated by'the arrow'in Figure 3. This movement of the shaft exerts a force ten'd-" ing' to "move the equalizer bodily upward so that the rollers 29 and 23a exert a force on the levers 22 and'22a respectively, tending to move the levers about'their respective pivot points 23"and 23a; The lever 22 exerts a force through link or strut 20on the right end of shoe |3a moving the shoe against thebrake drum. At the same time,

owing to the resistance against movement of the shoe l3a, the strut 20 exerts a force against the lever 22 causing the lever to pivot on the strut at 2|b and move the pin 23 outward carrying the right end of shoe l3against the drum. Simultaneously the lever 22a swings about its pivot 23a pushing on the strut 20a to move the left end of shoe |3a against the brake drum. The reaction against the lever 22a'causes the lever to pivot at' 2|c against the strut 20a and force the 'pin 23a outwardly moving the left end of shoe l3 against the drum. Since bothends of both shoes are moved against the brake drum, the shoes will anchoraccording to the direction of rotation of the drum as they do when applied by the hydraulic cylinders. Both shoes are, therefore, self-energizing in either direction of drum 'mechanism concurrently with adjustment of the position of the shoes relative to the drum. Obviously, an adjustment can be accomplished in the brake of Figure 3 by shortening the cable so as to take up play in the mechanical connections.

In the brake of Figure 5 the mechanical or auxiliary brake operating mechanism is adjusted simultaneously with the hydraulic or service brake operating mechanism. The strut 20 extends between the lever 22 and a small lever 35 which is pivoted at 36 on the shoe [3a, while the strut 20a extends between the left end of shoe |3a and a small lever 35a which is pivoted at 36a on the lever 22a. Adjusting devices for positioning the shoes to compensate for wear are indicated generally at I5 and' I511. The two adjusting. devices are identical and are associated respectively with the cylinders l2 and 1211. Each of the devices l5 and l5 a comprises a, ratchet screw member 40, a slotted screw 4| and a T-shaped thrust member 42 (see Figure 6). Each ratchet member 40 has an externally threaded body adapted to be screwed into a cylinder cap 43 or 4311 and the head of each ratchet member has a series of teeth on its periphery which may be'normally engaged by a pawl carried by a member 46 which is attached to cylinder l2 to prevent unwanted rotation of the ratchet. Each of the ratchet .members is hollow, having a longitudinal inter- .nallythreaded opening into which -may be in length to the load arm of the lever. .Because of this it is necessary that the member. 4| during adjustment move outwardly with respect to .60 the stationary cylinder twice as fast as the member 42, and this is accomplished by having equal pitch threads on either side of thevratchet member. Each T shaped thrust member. 42 is inserted into the slot in its'corresponding slotted screw 4| so that thestem of the T is inside the opening in the corresponding ratchet member while the head of the T rests between the head of-the ratchet member and the web of the adj acent shoe. The outer ends of the slotted screws 4|extend a short distance beyond the ends of the adjacent shoe webs and embrace the said webs. At their outer ends the screws 4] arecontacted by the ends of the smalllevers 35 and 35a.

When wear of the shoe liningnecessitatesan adjustment, the ratchet members-are rotated; to force them outwardly from their respective cylwith the end of'the respective shoe whereby ro-v tation of said member in a certain direction increases the spacing of the end of .the shoe from the anchor, and a second screw extending into the threaded interior of said hollow screw member and operatively associated with the mechanical shoe spreading linkageywhereby rotation of said hollow screw member automatically causes said second screw to move relative to the hollow screw member to take up any slack in the mechanical linkage occasioned by,increasing the spacing of the shoe end from the anchor.

8. In a brake having a pair of shoes which are individually shiftable to anchor at either end, and linkage for simultaneously transmitting brake applying force to both ends of bothshoes, said linkage including a pair of levers .pivoted at the opposite ends of one shoe and a pair of struts extending from the levers toward the respective ends of the other shoe, the combination of means for adjusting the positions of the shoes to com pensate for shoe wear, with means for automatically and simultaneously taking up slack inthe linkage whenever the shoe positions are adjusted.

9. Ina brake having a brake drum, a pair of brake shoes which are individually shiftable to anchor at either end according to the direction of .drum rotation, and anchors for the shoes, mechanism for applying and adjusting the brake comprising a pair of adjusting devices associated of the .shoesadjacent opposite ends thereof, a third lever connected to the first lever and having one end adapted to pivot on the second member of one ofthe adjusting devices, a strut connecting the other end of the third lever to the other shoe at a point adjacent one end of the shoe, a fourth lever pivoted to the latter shoe adjacent the other end of the shoe and having one end adapted to pivot onthe second member of the other of the adjusting devices, a strut connecting the other endjof the said fourth lever t the second lever, and means for simultaneously moving the first and second levers about their pivots to force both ends of both shoes against the brake drum. a

10. Ina brake having a brake drum, 3, pair of brake shoes which are individually shiftableto anchor at either end according to the direction of drum rotation, and a pair of hydraulic cylinders serving as actuators-and anchors for the shoes, adjusting means and auxiliary applying means for the brake comprising apair of adjusting devices associated with the hydraulic cylinders, each of'said adjusting devices comprising a member having a stem provided with interior and exterior threads of opposite hand and screwed into a portion of the respective hydraulic cylinder and a screw engaged with the threaded interior of said stem and automatically movedlongitudinally of said stem whenever said member is rotated, a first and second lever pivoted on one of the shoes adjacent opposite ends thereof, a third lever connected to the first lever and having one end pivoted on the aforesaid screw of one of the adjusting devices, a, strut connecting the other end of the third lever to the other shoe at a point adjacent one end of the shoe, a fourth lever pivoted to the latter shoe adjacent the other end of the shoe and having one end pivoted on the aforesaid screw of the other of the adjusting devices, a strut connecting the other end of said fourth lever to the second lever, and means for uDoLPH HA. GOEPFRICH. 

